Riverview - An Optalis Health & Rehabilitation Center sits on Olentangy River Road in Columbus, Ohio, across from Riverside Hospital, and it's part of a network through Optalis with other places in Michigan and Ohio such as Evergreen Health and Rehabilitation and Cranberry Park Assisted Living. Riverview's got 145 certified beds, sees about 128 residents daily, and covers a lot of ground with care, offering independent living, assisted living, memory care, non-medical home care, adult day services, long-term care, skilled nursing, Medicare-certified home health care, and hospice. The building includes 60 private one-bedroom assisted living suites with their own bathrooms, emergency call buttons, heating and air you can control, and spaces to live, sleep, and cook small meals, plus rehab rooms that come both furnished and semi-furnished, some with Wi-Fi and cable.
Nurses staff Riverview around the clock, though their turnover is quite high, at 61.9 percent, which is more than the state rate of 51 percent, and nurse staffing hours hover slightly under the state average at 3.61 for each resident per day. They have a state-of-the-art therapy gym and handle physical, occupational, and speech therapy for folks staying there and also for people who travel in for outpatient rehab. The team makes personalized care plans for each resident, and you see the staff handling daily needs like bathing, dressing, and managing medicines for people in assisted living. Assisted living and respite care are both available for shorter stays, sometimes just a few days or weeks, and rooms come furnished, some with private or half baths. You get dining menus with room service, and the suites have basic cable and Wi-Fi.
Riverview is a preferred provider for veterans and accepts Medicaid Waivers for assisted living. They run programs to support memory care, rehab, skilled nursing, and long-term living, all with teams that aim for professional and compassionate service. They help manage medication, provide ongoing education for nurses, track outcomes, and set custom rehabilitation plans for each person. There's a focus on keeping care compliant, managing risk, and preparing for state surveys, and they're linked in with other specialized rehab centers through Optalis. Though Riverview's had Medicaid and Medicare inspections, the reports included some issues, including complaints about infection control and resident rights, with one infection-related violation and a severity level D deficiency for not always honoring dignity and communication rights for residents, so that's worth noting for those who want to know about quality and state visits, because some inspections happened later than they should've.
Riverview's got partnerships with skilled nursing facilities and outpatient therapy centers spread across Michigan and Ohio, and they do what they can to create a comfortable setting where experienced staff aim to help residents reach their health and wellness goals. There's 24-hour access to care, focus on hospitality, and access to a mix of medical treatment and comfort, all handled by the wider Optalis group, which has run management through Charles Dunn, Rajan Patel, and Hemant Shah since June 2022. So, Riverview offers quite a broad range of services, including end-of-life care, and it keeps connections with other facilities in the Optalis system, with amenities and plans tailored to what residents and rehab guests need each day.
